A HUNDRED More Fighters to be CUT from the UFC!

That's according to DW, here's his quote from the media scrum after the UFC 157 presser:

"We have 470-something guys on contract, ok? We have over 100 guys too many on the roster right now. The blood has not all been spilled yet. There’s more coming. There’s 100 more guys that are going to go."
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This might be another one of DW's outlandish, untrue statements to rile up the fans and media, but if true, there's going to be some very nervous fighters in Zuffa land.

What about the purity of sport? A lot of fans don't understand grappling very well so fighters with grappling styles may feel pressured. Grappling can be exciting if you have an exciting style of grappling like Ronda Rousey. Jon Fitch is a high level fighter in MMA rules matches. But he was still cut. Some of that maybe due to conflicts with Zuffa about video game imaging rights and things like that. But sometimes Jon's style of grappling isn't very appreciated by the fans and that may have factored in his release.

Ronda's grappling style is very entertaining and crowd pleasing. She can attract new fans. Check out this interesting fan commentary.
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=oa4-SXiw47A

To all the guys that love decision point fighting, I'm gonna say I told you so. At the end of the day, it's about being entertaining. I'm sure the UFC is well aware that "boring" fights actually cost them money two-fold:
1) Paying a boring fighters salary
2) Costing them the loss of fans. If guys are watching the UFC for tha 1st time, and they see some boring assz "technical point fighting", they're not coming back... and that's the bottom dollar sons.

To all the guys that love decision point fighting, I'm gonna say I told you so. At the end of the day, it's about being entertaining. I'm sure the UFC is well aware that "boring" fights actually cost them money two-fold:
1) Paying a boring fighters salary
2) Costing them the loss of fans. If guys are watching the UFC for tha 1st time, and they see some boring assz "technical point fighting", they're not coming back... and that's the bottom dollar sons.

I think Ronda is saying something to that effect in this article. I'm actually a GSP fan and I don't think he's boring but I can understand where she's coming from. Ronda's grappling philosophy is more aggressive.

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Ronda Rousey broke her mom's hand during a fight when she was a kid.
But that's OK. It was a consensual fight.

Her mother, Ann Maria Rousey DeMars, was the first American to win the
World Judo Championships in 1984, and she regularly sparred with her little
girl to sharpen her instincts.

"When I was 13 or so, she stopped" sparring, the younger Rousey says.
"I didn't know why. She told me later I broke her hand or something.
... My mom's so tough!"

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In the octagon, she doesn't just try to win fights, she tries to devastate opponents.

"Every time I beat somebody, I want to make sure that person never wants to
see me again," Rousey says.

Her mother taught her that aggression.

"My mom would say, 'The best time to throw somebody is within the first
second,' because within that first second is the adjustment period when people
are not adjusted very well.

"So usually, I come out right away, right at the bell, and it's in the girls' heads
that I'm going to do that and immediately be in their face."

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When I ask her about GSP now, she says he's still boring.

"I respect Georges St. Pierre as a businessman and an athlete," Rousey says.
"I don't have anything against him personally. But he's not the kind of fighter
I like watching."

GSP's problem, she says, is he plays it extremely safe in the octagon.

"He fights to win matches. He doesn't fight to defeat his opponents."

That current style of GSP's (he used to be less cautious) bothers her, because
she sees herself (in a way) as his opposite.

"I lost a lot of judo matches because of points fighters. It was extremely
frustrating for me. And when I see that same style being played out in a
different sport, it brings out the same reaction in me."

Rousey hasn't heard from GSP since calling him dull. But she has met him. He's nice, she says.

I hope her mother would have told her not to avoid Cyborg, now we never see Cyborg to beat Ronda. Ronda is happy when she is the meaniest chick on the playfield but whenever Cyborg comes near, Ronda goes down on weight, kinda funny.

I think Ronda is saying something to that effect in this article. I'm actually a GSP fan and I don't think he's boring but I can understand where she's coming from. Ronda's grappling philosophy is more aggressive.

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Thanks Ken... yet another one on Ronda huh . Who do you think is a better overall fighter, GSP or Ronda?

thats basically it, Dana is telling people to be entertaining or else you will be on the unemployment line which is also good for the smaller promotions I believe.

You're making it sound way too black/white (entertain or be cut). It's not necessarily about being "entertaining", it's about putting it all on the line and fighting (you know..what the sport is about). If you lose while trying to win, chances are you will survive (like Hardy/Garcia). if you lose while just sitting there and taking it (Fitch/Mills), you'll end up somewhere else.

Wrestlers who take guys down should stay active always and punish the other fighter with punches, knees to the body, or submissions, not just lay there (aka Chael Sonnen/GSP/Smooth Henderson/Rory MacDonald)

Guys who are standing up should always be active and trying to knock the other guy out or set something up to finish the fight, not pitter patter or hold guys against the fence (aka Anderson Silva/Jose Aldo/Jon Jones/Barao/Dan Henderson/Michael McDonald)

Guys who can submit people should be actively going for submissions wherever the fight goes (aka Ronda Rousey/Jacare)

Guys who are taken down should have the ability to defend the takedown/scramble/go for submissions (aka Frank Mir/Big Nog/BJ Penn)

Guys who face adversity should man up and always go for the win (aka Bobby Green and not Che Mills lol)

There's lot of evidence that these fighters do exist, and thus are keeping their jobs with the UFC. Those that don't are going to get cut.

I hope her mother would have told her not to avoid Cyborg, now we never see Cyborg to beat Ronda. Ronda is happy when she is the meaniest chick on the playfield but whenever Cyborg comes near, Ronda goes down on weight, kinda funny.

You say this again and again. I'm not trying to dismiss your statement without considering it's merit. Check out the timeline. Analyze what Ronda actually did and see if you feel the same.

In your honest opinion would you say that Ronda made the right move at the right time?
Is Rousey vs Cyborg a bigger fight now than it would've been back then?

Ronda is very strategic. Even as the UFC is cutting down it's roster Ronda has managed to create a new division. That took a lot of foresight as well as business and media savvy. By fighting Tate first(and avoiding a would've been cancelled Cyborg fight because of PEDs) Ronda became the highest rated fighter in Strikeforce which paved the way for the women's 135 division in the UFC. Rousey vs Cyborg can still happen in the future and will be a bigger fight now because of Ronda's planning.

*Time line*

November 18, 2011 - Rousey defeats Julia Budd. In the lead up to the fight Ronda says that she wanted to fight Miesha Tate next. During the post fight interview Ronda states that she's willing to fight Kaufman first but she specifically wanted to fight Tate for the title.
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=zo4hyi7rssw

November 28, 2011 - This article is an example of Ronda's use of the media to win fan support for a fight with Miesha Tate.
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"I really feel 100 percent that a fight between
her and me needs to happen," Rousey said. "It'll
be great for women's MMA. It'll be the first highly
anticipated fight in women's MMA for a long
time ... We need to capitalize on the opportunity
while we still have it. I don't want to risk her
losing the title and us not being able to fight
each other for the title."
Link: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/11/...rousey-spar-over-who-should-be-next-title-cha

Yet she didnt have the courage to face cyborg, she ducked cyborg, and we all know why.

it amazes me that everyone (including dana) has no idea that rousey started her career at 145 and dropped to avoid cyborg. the worst part is that she said that after she won the 135 lb title she would go back up to face cyborg for the 145 lb title but dana is protecting her by not including that weight class in the ufc to minimize the chance of her having to face cyborg

it amazes me that everyone (including dana) has no idea that rousey started her career at 145 and dropped to avoid cyborg. the worst part is that she said that after she won the 135 lb title she would go back up to face cyborg for the 145 lb title but dana is protecting her by not including that weight class in the ufc to minimize the chance of her having to face cyborg

Do you realize how stupid that is? Or are you just too young/simple to understand how this business works? Rousey vs. Cyborg would do HUGE #s...that's the fight the UFC tried hard to make, and Ronda would still be marketable even if she did lose to Cyborg. They wanted to pay Cyborg to fight in another organization for f--- sakes. Also...Ronda Rousey is what brought Women's MMA into the UFC. PERIOD. The division was made because that's the division she fights in today. What you're both saying is borderline retarded.

Do you realize how stupid that is? Or are you just too young/simple to understand how this business works? Rousey vs. Cyborg would do HUGE #s...that's the fight the UFC tried hard to make, and Ronda would still be marketable even if she did lose to Cyborg. They wanted to pay Cyborg to fight in another organization for f--- sakes. Also...Ronda Rousey is what brought Women's MMA into the UFC. PERIOD. The division was made because that's the division she fights in today. What you're both saying is borderline retarded.

Ye UFC tried real hard to make that fight at 135 pounds, real hard. They could have asked Ronda to return to her former weight if they wouldnt have known what would happen there.